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According to the publication, the U.S. official was in Damascus to discuss a number of issues, including the imprisonment of several CIA operatives in Syria.

“The regional official did not name the U.S. official who met Ali Mamlouk, Syria’s national security chief,” Reuters claimed.

“During the meeting, Mamlouk protested to the U.S. official that U.S. forces ‘are on Syrian land and this is considered occupation’,’ the regional official said. The U.S. official responded that ‘our presence is advisory and we are fighting Daesh,’ the regional official added, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State,” the Reuters report added.

Al-Masdar reached out to a Syrian government source for confirmation, but they were unable to confirm or deny these claims.